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E. G. wATRous oLosET Fild Aug. 8, 1918 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 30 1923.

E. G. WATROUS GLOSET Patented @ein @65,1923

EARL G. WATROUS, F CHICAGO, JLLINOIS.

GLOSET.

Application filed August 8, 1918. Serial No. 248,989.

. 10 of the siphonic type. Its general object is to provide improved structure of the bowl and its support to afford simple, compact,

and effective organization, and to enable the bowl to be mounted flush against a wall and out of contact with the floor. One feature of my invention pertains to the mounting of the bowl upon the upfturned end of a soil pipe fitting extending into the wall. Another feature relates to the bowl construction, making it suitable to be installed flush against the wall and upon such a support as the stated soil pipe fitting. A further feature of my invention attains advantages of efficient siphonic action in the combination of bowl and soil pipe fitting, and also desirable economy of' space. Other features of .my invention, which consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter set forth in the claims will become apparent to .those skilled in the art from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying draw- 1n s:-

n the drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a closet; Fig. 2 a rear elevation with parts'in section taken on line2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 a transverse Vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are respectively plan, sideelevation and front elevation of a piping and support fitting.

The closet support particularly illustrated 'is intended to be united with and carried by fixed soil pipe stud that will be located in the wall space, W representing a wall surface of any construction formed with an opening toward or into which the stud S extends. For connection with the threaded ends of such stud l provide a special pipe fitting and a bowl unit 11 especially constructed for cooperation therewith. The fit-- ting 10 in the particular construction shown comprises a threaded vertical head 12 as a preferred means of making rigid connection to the fixed pipe stud S, and it has its opposite end upturned to present a horizontal orifice 13 around which the bowl unit may rest. Between its ends the passage through this fitting is down bent or dipped to form a well or trap 14 in which there will 60 normally reside a water body 15 that does not c lose an air passage through the fitting. Specifically l prefer that the bottom surface of the fitting shall curve downwardly from the head and Ithen upwardly to the ori- @5 fice 13, and that adjacent the head the fitting shall taper in cross section downwardly and forwardly as at 17 so that the cross section of' the -fitting through the well 14 may be smaller than that of pipe stud S. Surrounding the horizontal orifice 13 and slightly below its level the fitting is flanged as at 18, sid e ears 19 to receive fastening bolts springing laterally from the flange and a stud 20 threaded to receive an adjusting 75 screw, and suitably ribbed for strength, p-rojeoting forwardly beyond the upturned end of the pipe at a level somewhat lower than the ears. A packing ring 21 surrounds the orifice 13 and makes tight joint with the e0 bowl unit seated thereon.

The earthenware bowl, in the particular form shown, is intended for support flush against the wall and out of contact with the floor. Its sides and top wall spring from a e5 thick abutting flange or vertical base 23 and sweep forward far enough to leave between the bowl opening 24 and the wall W, the necessary room for theseal assage 25 and the do-wntake passage 26. llireferably the rear wall 27, of the bowl proper, dam wall 28, and rear wall 29 of the down-take sweep forwardly and downwardly, the bottom opening of the downtake registering, of course, with the orifice of the fitting 10. The supporting bottomof the bowl unit is the solid flat surface 30 fitting on the packing ring 21, a flat abutment 31 being provided to receive the thrust of adjusting screw 32' extending through the stud 20, to 10o level the bowl structure and :give additional support. 'The side walls of' the bowl unit are formed to provide horizontal shoulders 34C apentured to receive screws 35 to engage the `threaded ears 19 of the pipe fitting 10 105 as the primary faste-ning of the assembled parts. The side walls of the bowl unit are preferably carried down as wings 36 below the level of the pipe fitting 10, an opening 37 being left at the bottom to give access to thescrew 32 and pipe coupling 10, the con' struction thus providing in substance a forwardly and horizontally extending chamber 38 open at the rear of the bowl unit, in which the pipe fitting that affords support to said unit is housed and effectively concealed. A water flo-w connection stub 40 may be anchored in the upper rear portion of the bowl unit below the top wall to connect through ay passage with :the yflushing ring, 41, and it will be apparent that where the wall structure W is such as to make. it practicable thisy stub might be used as an auxiliary means to anchorage, as by arrangement of a plate 42 to bear against the wall and be held by thel union 44 screwed on ithe stub. This is not needful, however, as the leveling action of screw 2O may be depended on to hold the closet base 23 flush against the wall.

It will be apparent that my invention gives desirable economy in space requirement for closet installation and is 'advanta-geous in lending itself to artistic design and in affording a sanitary separation of the entire bowl unit from the'floor. 'The pipe fitting 10 constitutes one very advantageous means for affording support ,to the bowl unit from a fixed and strong soil pipe and the combination of bowl and pipe connections, including the characteristic trap-form` of the pipe connection 10, gives a very effective siphonic action with a minimum space.

requirement. The water body normally resi'- dent in the well or trap 14, and the effective attenuation of the free pipe space above Such water due to the dipping or down bending of the pipe unit 10, enables the prompt formation of a complete sea-l as soon as flushing starts, and so causes the siphonic action to start quickly and enables the closet to work effectively under minimum water supply. Such closet will worlr very effec- 'tively from a low tank of small capacity. Further it will be observed that the siphon legs 25 and 26 and the pipe-fitting l0, clear to the soil pipe S, are all freefrom obstructions that would tend to cause lodgment or clogging of solid matter. And also it will be noted that the separation of lthe well 14 from the bowl and its incorporation in 'a pipe fitting gives highly desirable simplicity in the bowl-unit and manufacturing econ omv.

lVhile I4 have herein described only a single practical embodiment of my invention for purposes of disclosure'it will be understood by those skilled in the art that my invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the details shown, but may be embodied in differentf'specific forms within the spirit of my invention and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a closet construction of the character described, wherein the closet is mounted against the wall and free from the floor, the combinationof a rigidly supported horizontally extending soil pipe element, having a flanged horizontal front orifice, a bowl unit having a vertical base for wall Contact, and a horizontally extending supporting surface to receive support from a pipe fiange, means for securing said bowl unit to said pipe flange, and an adjusting screw carried by said pipe unit in front of its said orifice bear-ing against the bowl unit to adjust the level of the latter. y

2. In a closet of the character described, the combination of a bowl unit having a bowl proper, a seal passage upwardly extending in rear thereof and a downtake in rear of said seal passage, and a wall-contacting vertical b-ase at the rear of the unit, a soil pipe fitting having its forward end upturnedand registering with said downtake, said pipe fitting supporting said bowl unit, and means fastening said bowl unit to supporting said bowl unit.

4. In a closet of the characterl described, the combination of a bowl unit having a bowl proper, seal passage in the rear thereof, land rear downtake and having a vertical base and wall con tact, said unit having also a horizontally extending chamber rearwardly open and passing beneath the bottom orifice of the down-take and bottom wall of the seal passage, there being an opening to said chamber at the bottom thereof, a soil pipe fitting forwardly extending into said chamber having its forward end upturned and flanged for register with the downtake and support of lthe bowl unit, means for connecting said bowl unit to the pipe fitting,

and an adjustable leveling device carried.

wardly below the bowl and upturned to regelement dipped between its ends,l having its ister with the downtake opening and supfront end upturned to present a horizontal porting the bowl and means accessible from orifice and flanged about said orifice, said l@ the exterior of the structure fastening said forward end of the fitting provided with 5 bowl to said fitting. fastening receiving apertures and a for- 6. A fitting for the purpose described, wardly extending stud 20. comprising a horizontally extending pipe EARL G. WATROUS 

